# ADOPTION MATTERS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 512892
- **Other names:** ADOPTION MATTERS NORTH WEST, CHESTER DIOCESAN ADOPTION SERVICES, FORMERLY: THE CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, ADOPTION MATTERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01617324](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01617324)
- **Registered:** March 16, 1983
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=512892


## Contact

- **Address:** Adoption Matters, 14 Liverpool Road, Chester
- **Postcode:** CH2 1AE
- **Phone:** 01244 390938
- **Email:** info@adoptionmatters.org.uk
- **Website:** www.adoptionmatters.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** “4.1  The Charity’s Object is specifically restricted to the following:4.1.1 to promote the care and welfare of vulnerable children without parents or families able to look after them primarily, but not exclusively, through the provision of a high-quality adoption service with the aim of securing permanent homes and stable lives for such children; and4.1.2 in furthering the Object the Charity shall have regard to the principles of the Christian faith.”

**Activities:** Comprehensive Adoption Services




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** DIOCESE OF CHESTER
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **James Martin Robert Bennett** | Chair | Sept. 18, 2019 |
| ANNESLEY WRIGHT |  | Nov. 22, 2013 |
| Anne Elizabeth Fleming |  | Jan. 21, 2026 |
| Dr Yvonne Ball |  | Dec. 1, 2021 |
| Graham Alton |  | Sept. 20, 2023 |
| JOSEPH JAMES MCARDLE |  | March 28, 2007 |
| LYNN PATES |  | March 28, 2018 |




